Healthcare DIVE April 6, 2020
Dive Brief:
- Mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and healthcare systems for the first quarter of 2020 were in line with historical norms, according to Kaufman Hall, but the company expects the second quarter to be upended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It observed in a new report that first quarter performance “will be an uncertain predictor of activity for the remainder of 2020.”
- Altogether, 29 transactions were consummated in the first quarter, up slightly from the 27 that took place in the first quarter of 2019 but down from the 30 that occurred in the first quarter of 2018. Activity pretty much died down by the middle of last month.
- While the revenue involving the deals average at just...